Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. No. 399 of 2007)

S T A T U T O R Y R U L E S O F N O R T H E R N I R E L A N D 2007 No. 399 ANIMALS ANIMAL HEALTH The Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 Made - - - - 14th September 2007 Coming into operation - 14th September 2007 The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, is designated(a) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(b), in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972. Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as The Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and come into operation on 14th September 2007. Interpretation 2. The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(c) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment 3.—(1) The Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007(d) are amended as follows. (2) In regulation 2 (Interpretation) for the definition of “the Decision” substitute— ““the Decision” means Commission Decision 2007/554/EC concerning certain protection measures against foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom(e) as (a) S.I. 2000/2812 (b) 1972 c. 68 (c) 1954 c. 33 (N.I.) (d) S.R. 2007 No. 357 as amended by S.R. 2007 No. 364 (e) O.J. No. L210, 10.8.2007, p. 36 2 amended by Commission Decision 2007/588/EC(a) and Commission Decision 2007/608/EC(b);”. (3) In paragraph (2)(a) of regulation 5 (dispatch of meat products) and paragraph (2)(d) of regulation 7 (dispatch of dairy products) for “the protection zones and the surrounding consolidated surveillance zone established in accordance with Article 21 of Directive 2003/85/EC in County Surrey in Great Britain(c)” substitute— “Great Britain” Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 14th September 2007. Elizabeth Redmond A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (a) O.J. No. L220, 25.8.2007, p. 27 (b) O.J. No. L241, 14.9.2007, p. 26 (c) O.J. No. L 306, 22.11.2003, p. 1 3 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend The Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007 No. 357 as amended by S.R. 2007 No. 364). The Regulations give effect to Commission Decision 2007/608/EC of 14th September 2007 which amends Commission Decision 2007/554/EC concerning certain protection measures against foot-and mouth disease in the United Kingdom. Published and printed in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Carol Tullo, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office being the Government Printer for Northern Ireland and the Officer appointed to print the Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly Dd. N3371. C2. 9/07. Gp. 130. 14567.